The Knot and the Window: The Art of Dorothea Wight and Marc Balakjian

Guido Rebecchini

The Knot and the Window: The Art of Dorothea Wight and Marc Balakjian

Guido Rebecchini

The Courtauld Institute of Art

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This essay focuses on the original artistic production of Balkjian and Wight, who were among the most prominent printmakers active in London in the 1970s through to the first decade of the new century. Besides working for artists like Freud, Auerbach, Kossoff and Paul, they produced delicate and technically sophisticated works in print that are here discussed and contextualised.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studio Prints
Subtitle of host publication	An Artists' Workshop
Editors	Elena Crippa, Ketty Gottardo, Guido Rebecchini
Publisher	Paul Holberton Publishing
Publication status	Submitted - Feb 15 2026

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